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SFTP User Centralized Management

Updated over 2 years ago

To allow the centralized management of Komin users, please ask us to open an SFTP, it will transfer safely the user's list, to automatize and update constantly their addition and deletion.

SFTP server is stored by AWS in France and is entirely secured by keys.

In order to give you access to SFTP, you have to create a pair of SSH keys. Once generated, you can send us the public key.

  • Be careful to send us the public key only, not the private one.

Once recieved, we will share the host name and user name that you will be able to use on Filezilla for example to read and use the users file.

Example :

  • Name of the SFTP host : xxxx.server.transfer.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com

  • User name : client_name-sftp-user

Generate a Secure Shell (SSH) key for a secure account SFTP

SSH on Windows

  1. Download PuTTYgen.exe an execute.

  2. go to Parameters at the bottom of the screen, and tick the option RSA.

  3. Click on Generate.

  4. Drag your mouse on the empty area as shown until the key is generated.

    Once the key is generated by PuTTYgen, the empty state is replaced by a series of texts. Find the section "public key".

  5. In the text zone Key comment, enter your email address to receive updates.

    Ajoutez l'adresse à la fin de tout texte apparaissant déjà dans la zone. Laissez les autres zones de texte inchangées.

  6. Click on Save public key and save it under "id-rsa" in C:\Documents and Settings\nom d'utilisateur\.ssh, where the user name is matching your Windows one.

  7. Click on Save private key and save it under "id-rsa.ppk" in that same folder.

  8. Copy content in the text zone Public key for pasting into OpenSSH authorized_keys file.

    Make sure you copied the entire key.

  9. Close PuTTYgen.

  10. Paste the public key in an email and send it to us.

Generate a SSH key on Macintosh or Linux

  1. Open a terminal window

  2. Type the following key :

    ssh-keygen -P '' -f transfer-key
  3. This will generate 2 SSH keys, a public one and a private one.

  4. Then send us by email, the folder with the public key.


Test with FileZilla

Download FileZilla for free and start the app. Once open, click on the top left button to access configurated websites.

  • Select the SFTP protocol.

  • Copy paste the endpoint of the FTP server in host. This endpoint is available on the server's page on the AWS console.

endpoint-server-sftp-aws
  • Select Key folder in authentication type

  • Name it with the user name you used for the previous step

  • Link it to the folder “transfer-key” created for the previous step

  • Click on connexion

configuration-connexion-server-sftp-filezilla

You are now connected to the SFTP. You can now drag and drop a folder.


Flat folder naming convention and format

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